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and then he gave me a zero. (laughter) - look honey, you re supposed to be- - oh honey, that tie! stripes with a checkered jacket, really. you know, after we re married, i ll have to have better control of these things. what i ll do is i ll have full inspection every morning (laughter) before he leaves for the bank. alright, george, you can put your eyes back in their sockets now. - look honey, you re supposed to meet professor hopkins- - oh my goodness, i m supposed to meet professor hopkins before the senior council meeting. why didn t you remind me? watch my books for me, will you, sweetie? and you watch george for me, and don t let him look at any more blonds because i ll be back. - that diane s a kick. - yeah. that s a nice outfit you got on. - oh, thank you. believe it or not, i made it myself. - well, it s a good color for ya. oh, i think i like the thing you had on yesterday even better. - oh sure, i bet you don t even know what i wore. with the little, oh i don ....
you know, i d always heard a little bit about the lusitania, but i didn t really realize that there was a human drama at the core of that story as poignant, as moving as anything you d find with the titanic, but also that it was a story which had deep political ramifications. it was a story of an event which really changed the nature of warfare. c-span: the titanic was sunk in 1912. guest: that s right, just three years earlier. c-span: the lusitania was owned by what company? guest: it was owned by the cunard company. she d been built up in scotland, on the river clyde, by the john brown company, launched 1906, made her maiden voyage 1907, and really was the technological marvel of her age. it wasn t just that she was a uniquely beautiful, elegant ship, with suites and public rooms, you know, modeled on the grand palaces of europe, like versailles and fontainebleau. she was also very technological advanced. she had revolutionary turbine engines. this was a ship tha ....
u.n. chemical weapon inspectors are set to start work in syria on tuesday. the u.n. security council voted unanimously on friday on a resolution to secure and destroy syria s chemical weapons. while reaction to approval of the long-debated resolution was greeted with relief in new york. in syria the action has been muted. we go to the turkish-syrian border with more. speaking to syrian activists, many express sceptisism about the chemical weapons deal, worried about the regime s compliance and told us it s like the international community procrastinating when dealing with bashar al-assad s regime. there is significant infrastructure damage and something as basic as watching television is a luxury for many. others express concerns about the fact that this is specifically a weapons deal that is only concentrated or focused on chemical weapons, and many told us what about conventional weapons, the main tool by which many syrians, 100,000 were killed over the past 2.5 ....
time is running out for congress to agree on a budget deal that will avoid a government shutdown. the house is in session as we speak. these are live pictures from washington. they are expected to vote on a bill the senate passed yesterday. it keeps the affordable care act, something house republicans are trying to kill. the house leadership is trying to pass an alternative delaying obamacare by a year, but keep the government open. senate leadership said changes to the health care law will not be considered. in other words, money for the federal government appears to run out on tuesday and all but essential operations will stop. the white house released a statement saying: returning to libby casey on capitol hill. are we still expecting the house to vote on this tonight? it will be a late night. yes, indeed. now, they want to make crucial changes to the bill that would fund the government into the next couple of months. here are the changes they want to make - po ....
high school. woodruff: and mark shields and ramesh ponnuru analyze the week s news. those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ñi supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. more information at macfound.oró ó and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. ñr this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: our lead story tonight: washington headed into the final weekend before a potential government shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. the senate adopted a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running past monday, but the battle over health care reform showed no signs of abating. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman begin ....